India, May 1 -- Microplastics travel across borders from cities to seas and back to human bodies.

They contaminate India's coastlines, rivers, soils and food.

Microplastic are a pervasive public health and ecological threat that is extremely hard to control once released.

Plastic is recognised as one of the most exceptional materials due to its cheap cost, durability, easy access and viability. But tiny particles released by plastic degradation have become a major concern. Microplastics, tiny plastic particles smaller than 5 millimetres, have become a serious environmental threat because they are omnipresent in almost every other place, including rivers, oceans, soil, air, and even the food we eat and the water we drink.

The most worr...